Democratic
La Shawn Ford
Major-party general-election nominee.
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Illinois District 7 election, 2026
La Shawn Ford vs. Chad Koppie. Today's article: every forecast for this race →
VotePredictor forecast
La Shawn Ford favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+72.3
99%
chance to win
2024 presidential margin
D+65.02026 national environment
D+8.0District polls
noneForecast spread
±7.2 pointsMargin from the district's presidential lean on its 2026 lines, one fitted intercept and the national environment as a uniform swing; the win probability adds a decaying incumbency premium (open seat: none). No district poll is blended in.
Republican
Chad Koppie
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for IL-7. The forecast above is the model alone: lean, incumbency and the national environment.
Campaign money
FEC reports through October 14, 2026La Shawn FordDEM$819k raised
Spent $726kCash on hand $93kDebts $175k5% from donors under $200Self-funded $175k
Top contributors, industries and states
Contributors
- FORD, LA SHAWN K$175k
- PATEL, RAJESH$21k
- HUGHES, BRIAN$11k
- LOVE, TRACCYE$9k
- CUCCO, FRANK$7k
Industries
- Unemployed$78k
- Self-Employed & Freelance$46k
- Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals$25k
- Nonprofit, Labor & Civil Society$14k
- Legal & Professional Services$10k
States
- IL$453k
- NY$6k
- IN$6k
- TX$5k
- MD$4k
Chad KoppieREP$60k raised
Spent $60kCash on hand $420% from donors under $200Self-funded $56k
Top contributors, industries and states
Contributors
- KOPPIE, CHAD$56k
What each candidate's own campaign committees reported for the 2025–26 cycle; outside spending by PACs and parties is not included. Industries are classified from donors' reported employers. The House forecast's win probability reads the two nominees' shares of individual contributions shown here, a small term that never moves the predicted margin. Data: GovMoneyGraph, based on FEC records.
Other forecasts
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Candidate news
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Candidate field source: 2026 House election roster ↗